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We've lost the last original member of a legendary R&B group. Henry Fambrough was a baritone in the Spinners, who got their start in Detroit in 1954. The Spinners had limited commercial success until they signed with Atlantic Records in the 1970s, and had a string of hits including "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love," "One of a Kind (Love Affair)," "The Rubberband Man" and "I'l Be Around." Fambrough was on hand last year when the Spinners were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Spinners Instagram account says he died peacefully Wednesday at his home in Virginia. Henry Fambrough was 85 years old.
https://deadline.com/2024/02/henry-fambrough-dead-spinners-1235819179/
Rapper and actor LL Cool J is featured in a commercial airing this Sunday during the Super Bowl. He plays the conductor of the Coors Light "Chill Train" that crashes into the home of a family watching the Big Game.
LL Cool J says he loves the theme song of the TV spot, The O'Jays "Love Train," because it reminds him of his Mom dancing around the house. He also told People he decided to do the commercial because he doesn't want to get to a point in his life where he takes himself too seriously.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AdTgAfCyhU
There are lots of questions after members of the Guardian Angels roughed up a man during a television interview. As Guardian Angels leader Curtis Sliwa spoke live with Sean Hannity on Fox News Tuesday night from 42nd and 7th in New York City, other members of the group could be seen behind Sliwa surrounding a man and throwing him to the pavement. Sliwa, who has admitted to fabricating stories about Angels on patrol in the past, said the main was a migrant who was shoplifting, and that his crew "gave him a little pain compliance." The man was cited for disorderly conduct - but with no confirmation from officials he shoplifted anything - or is even a migrant.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sean-hannity-guardian-angels-truth_n_65c60c10e4b069b665df1d7e
Super Bowl 58 isn't the only big game this Sunday. Airing for its 20th year, the Puppy Bowl. In one of the nation's largest pet adoption events, cute, clumsy, playful puppies will steal the show before the big game. Nancy Willis with the Humane Society of Silicon Valley says two teams - Team Ruff and Team Fluff - have to drag a toy into either end zone to score a touchdown. The Puppy Bowl airs Sunday at 2:00 pm Eastern on Animal Planet.
Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" is flying at top speed with it comes to streaming and sales. That follows her Grammys duet on Sunday night with Luke Combs, whose cover of the song is also a hit. Since then, according to Billboard, Chapman's original version went up 241-percent in streams and up 38-thousand-percent in sales. "Fast Car" originally peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1988.
It was 60 years today that The Beatles played The Ed Sullivan Show for the very first time. The performance, which aired February 9th, 1964, became one of the most-watched moments in television history, garnering a record-breaking 73 million viewers. And now, six decades later, Beatles fans can build their own piece of “rock ‘n’ roll history.” The “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Beatles!” collectible set is available in select Walmart stores, online at Walmart.com and on The Beatles’ official website. The 681-piece set is from MEGA, a Canadian toy company owned by Mattel. It replicates the “arrows” stage that was specially made for the broadcast and includes four 2-inch posable micro-figures of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.